It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, originally from Romania with violet and white flowers.

[6] It has grass-like leaves that are very narrow,[7][8][9] erect, greenish blue, rough or scabrid (to the touch), and not evergreen.

[2][10] Unlike Iris sintenisii,[2] it has stems that are generally taller than the leaves, which can grow up to between 20–45 cm (8–18 in) tall.

[5][13][14] The stems have strongly inflated, green spathes, (leaves of the flower bud),[2][4][9] which also have prominent veining.

[6] and they have 2 terminal (top of stem) scented flowers,[11] that begin blooming in the spring,[6][12] between April and May.

[3] After the iris has flowered, it produces a terracotta coloured seed capsule, in the fall (autumn).

[12] As most irises are diploid, having two sets of chromosomes, this can be used to identify hybrids and classification of groupings.

[2][16] The Latin specific epithet brandzae refers to botanist Dimitrie Brândză (1846–1895).

[5][17] It was originally published and described as Iris brandzae by Iuliu Prodan in Buletinul Gradinii Botanice si al Muzeului Botanic dela Universitatea din Cluj (Bul.

[2] It stayed like this for many years until the authors of the Romanian flora books ('Flora Ilustrata a Romanie' by Ciocarlan 2009 and 'Plante Vasculare din Romania.

An illustrated field guide)' by Sarbu, Stefan et Oprea 2013[21]) re-classified the taxon as an independent and separate species.

[4][7][9] It is also found in Moldavia,[3][10][16] Bessarabia,[2][11] Asia Minor,[14] and the Carpathians, (in Central and Eastern Europe).

In the northern part of the garden, called The Section Moldavia Sylvosteppe, along with other plants such as; Crambe tataria, Echium rossicum, Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp.

grandis, Beta trigyna, Dianthus capitatus, Artemisia austriaca, Achillea setacea, Astragalus onobrychis, Hyacinthella leucophaea, Plantago schwarzenbergiana, Rumex tuberosus ssp.

tuberosus, Crocus reticulatus, Galium moldavicum, Paeonia tenuifolia and Amygdalus nana.